Finally watched the end of Agents of Shield.

That was a wild ride huh?

Excuse me while I laugh at the thought of Deke being Director of Shield in an alternate timeline. He cares, oh I know he cares, but director? He’s a bit of a clown. Still he has grown up a lot and it looks like Shield will be a baby agency to begin with, as all the old pros were likely taken out. It’ll take time to rebuild and in that time he can learn I guess. And hey if it doesn’t work out he can always be a rockstar or a tech giant.

I’m kinda sad May and Coulson aren’t together. I get that he died and is a robot now but it’s him inside, like all his memories and everything that made him him. I’m going to headcanon that May inviting him to the academy was her saying “I’m ready now”. I love that May is the new academy director. Nobody is better suited to inspire and shape young minds, she is just awesome.

Daisy and Sousa having space adventures is pretty cool. Daisy is suited to that, I mean she had loads when searching for Fitz and Sousa is the kind of guy that just rolls with everything. Peggy Carter was a good warm-up for that haha.

That hologram tech is just wow. I’m guessing the chronocoms left some toys behind? Especially for Daisy to be able to call in from space.

I thought I would be more bummed by Fitz’s limited screen time but honestly I’m not. It was the most respectful “writing out” I think I have ever seen. He wasn’t there in person but he was very much there in spirit. He was never forgotten, frequently mentioned and his absence made sense. Other shows would have just dropped him, ignored it and hoped nobody noticed. I’ve seen that happen. No explanation as to why they weren’t around.

Fitz and Simmons getting their Perthshire home, their family and the quiet life after saving the world so many times is perfect for them. In a world where Shield never fell I’m sure they would have stayed agents. However, in this world where it was lurching from one extreme situation to another, they needed off the ride. It looks like things have calmed now, back to just business as usual for shield, but the last few years would exhaust anyone. Plus I’m sure they keep their hand in. They are both brilliant inventors after all and they need to do something for a paycheck. I bet May gets them to guest lecture once a year or something too.

As show finales go I think this scores maybe 9/10. It was very well done. There was good closure, we see hints of how life will go on for them now we’re no longer watching. That magic 10 is just lost because I am sad they are no longer together. Stargate SG-1 show finale sucked for a lot of reasons but the end shot of them marching through the gate, of telling us they would continue to have adventures, that is what I remember from the finale. That image is a positive one and Agents of Shield is a bit more bittersweet given the team has split up. They were more than a team, they were a family, and once a year holo-calls isn’t the same. Daisy is still sad about it and so am I.

Anyway I’m really going to miss this show. It didn’t get weaker over time (as so many shows do) instead it got stronger. The continuity was ace, the writing was tight, the characters always acted in character. Even if I didn’t like what they did, I could always understand why. I know that this should be the basics of what to expect from a TV show but as Once Upon a Time showed us… (sorry I’m not ragging on it, Once has a special place in my heart but that show was a mess).

Every year I used to be scared AoS was going to get cancelled and it made seven seasons. I would have liked more especially as the last 2 were just half seasons. However, I am content with what we had. It was satisfying. I’ve already rewatched the earlier seasons a couple of times, I know I will watch the whole thing many times.

Bittersweet end indeed. I already miss it fiercely :/